Archive for: Editorial

The Sun Fabulous Fashion Magazine

The Sun Fabulous Fashion Magazine, is a fashion magazine supplement which is printed on Sunday and comes inside of the Sun on Sunday Newspaper. the commission was to take the existing Fabulous Fashion magazine masthead, and treat it with a crafted hand drawn look and feel. This included drawing fine hand drawn detailed lines while inside of the mast head, which meant not changing Fabulous Magazine typeface.

The fine line detail inside of the masthead typeface was hand drawn, the lines were drawn tight and close together inside the the script typeface as to complement the typeface, certain lines criss crossing each other, and where the lines finished they curved at the ends to give a more rounded and finished edge to the drawn line. The drawing was a delicate process overall.

Woodberry Down magazine map

This editorial map illustration was commissioned to create a map of East London, as well as a few locations of North London as far as Alexander Palace. The map was a guide for readers, who are potentially interested in a new housing development. The New housing development, is located on the map, as well as all the local points of interests in the local and near by areas of East London and North London The map included areas such as Haringey, Islington and Hackney, with the land marks and locations listed below.

Modus Magazine India Map

Modus Magazine commissioned a cover illustration, the brief synopsis of the feature. Has India’s moment finally come, the brief was to make up the shape of India and incorporating the masthead of the magazine,

Despite India’s potential as one of the fast-growing “BRIC” powerhouses, it has so far underperformed as a destination for foreign investment. Bureaucracy and ongoing concerns about transparency and corruption have hampered both the real estate market and infrastructure development, with many projects on hold or abandoned and key pieces of legislation delayed. Frustration with the Congress Party’s handling of the economy was a decisive factor in the BJP’s landslide victory in May. New prime minister Narendra Modi stood on a ticket of economic reforms, removing red tape, urbanisation and infrastructure development – now he must deliver. This feature explores the challenges facing Modi, the reforms that would allow India to fulfil its economic promise, and the likelihood that he will succeed, with commentary from local property experts and RICS members.

Spread throughout this feature are first person pieces with leading surveyors across the country. India is one of the fastest-urbanising countries in the world – according to the UN, its cities will grow by almost 500 million people over the next four decades. So what does development at this extraordinary pace and scale feel like for those in the middle of it, and what contribution can land, property and construction professionals make? In this feature we meet RICS members (or recent graduates from the RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University) working across a range of disciplines in India. Points of discussion would include: their role in the country’s development; the challenges and opportunities that such rapid change brings; and their day-to-day experiences of India’s transformation – what’s it like to work in this exciting property market?

Shopping mall gloom A decade or so ago shopping malls were all the rage in India. Hundreds of malls were rapidly constructed to cash in on the nation’s growing middle classes. But over the last couple of years, poor footfall, high vacancy levels and mismanagement has led to many closing their doors. So why has India fallen out of love with malls, and what is the property industry doing to reduce vacancy rates and bring redundant assets back to life?

Top 5 projects We take a closer look at 5 projects currently underway across India: • The Chenab Bridge • Gujarat International Finance Tech-City (GIFT) • World One Tower, Mumbai • Chenani to Nashri Road Tunnel • Koldam Power Project

Les Echos Magazine Map of Holland

Les Echos, is a well know magazine in France, I was contacted by my illustration agent Hugo. The Client commissioned me to create a map of Holland, and in an illustrative way to incorporate the logos of companies of which the head offices are based in Holland and their cities, this illustrations would accompany an article inside of Les Echos.

The brief detailed to show the logos of the companies and the cities they are based in Holland. The brief was also not to present your normal typical imagery of Holland. I focused my drawings on the interesting architecture of the cities of Holland, where the large companies named in the article and map were based such as the interesting town houses of Amsterdam, The International Court of Justice, at the The Hague.

The drawn architecture for each of the cities should not to distract from the the logos of the companies which are the feature of the maps and the article. Each of the hand drawn elements were then placed and arranged within photoshop, which made certain elements easy to apply colour, as the client required a colour scheme which was complimentary and and highlighted the feature of the companies and the cities.

Private Commission Hand Drawn Map

The 2 illustrations above were commissioned by private clients who commissioned me to draw, well known London landmarks of their memories to form a map. The first map was commissioned as a gift to be given to her best friend who lives, works and travels between London and Hong Kong. The memory locations were Taken from Surbiton, South London the family home to who the gift will be given to, and Hong Kong the ancestral home.

The second map was commissioned by a wife, who wanted to commission a map of her memories with her husband for their anniversary, from the memories from when they first met, to their memories up to the present day

I referenced the images for the clients, working with them both, this was important as I needed to deliver the illustrations which they would be happy with. Each map took alot of drawing hours to due to the intricate architecture. once all the elements were drawn. I worked with them digitally to compose and position them so they worked well as a composition.

Elle Decoration London Design Week Map

Elle Decoration got in contact with me to commission me to create a illustrative map to help their readers get around the London Design Festival as a guide. Elle Decoration would like the map to be user friendly to a certain degree, but still retain a illustrative look and feel which shows the, key buildings, landmarks and exhibitors, which are the feature of the map.

Elle Decoration briefed me to draw a map for the London Design Festival which takes place in September. I was given the task to illustrated a double page spread and two single pages, as well as a section opener. The editor wanted the map to work from the opener, as well as across the spread and then onto the two single pages as if it was a single continual journey. The accompanying text would be in small caption like chunks or annotations around the map.

The challenge would be to travel locations/exhibitors. To travel in a logical way and as you read the map, this would mean the map would start from the South West, across to Central/North, and finish in the East. In the South West group the furthest location West is the Syon Park location.

I illustrated the Elle Decoration London Design Week Map in my hand drawn pen and ink line art style with hints of colour. The maps form around central key/main roads, I pulled out and illustrated the exhibitor’s buildings if they are interesting, as well as key important and iconic pieces of design from selected exhibitors. London key landmarks were also chosen and drawn on to the Elle Decoration London Design Week Map, as were nearby tubes stations and naming the key main roads.

Men Health Magazine Seduction of the Fittest

The Article was written about how to enhance your external and internal wellbeing to attract the opposite sex and seduce them.

The illustrations, which accompany the article, are broken down into, clothing, food and supplements; I was given some reference image material for the article, which I based my illustrations on.

I draw as much intricate illustrated detail using a range of different fine liner Rotring pens to drawn the fine detail, such as the shading, stitch lines and defining leaf detail.

I draw all the spot illustrations to the same size, centred on to A4 layout paper, and I use a light box which helps show the lines vividly. Once all the hand draw illustrations are completed, I scan the illustrations Into Photoshop, and using the layout of the article I loosely place the illustrations on to the grid.

I start to introduce the colour to the illustration. Photoshop is the perfect application to work with layers, filters and brushes. I create a new layer under the illustration to preserve the fine black lines, and using the paintbrush tool I colour in the illustrations, using a range of colours to create shading and depth, which lift the illustrations of the page.

The illustrations were well received and they worked very well with the article.

Brixton Village Pen Drawing

Brixton Village illustration, detailed sketches of well know locations from Brixton, such as the Ritzy Cinema,Brixton Windmill, Brixton Academy music venue, and Brixton Village. I chose to further develop the Brixton Village sketch drawing, adding typography and objects associated with Brixton Village, fruit and veg which can be found on the market stalls, Restaurant food which many people now come to the Village for.

The Brixton type face inspired by typographic reference material from my reference archive, which then inspired the outer boarder surrounding the Brixton Title, it is a intricate fine detail line boarder. The illustration is a a mix of hand drawn and digital elements.

Brixton Hand Drawn Pen illustration

Brixton is an interesting and diverse place in London, it has a rich culture, full of diversity and creativity. A few well known london Land marks include the Brixton academy with its rich music heritage, host to many international musicians, the Ritzy picture-house cinema, a great place to see independent movies, as well as a place to socialise. Brixton Village, is a old and yet a new location, it has been home as a local market, and now has became a vibrant social place, frequented by young Londoners.

I have been illustrating a series of maps in a hand drawn style, capturing as much information of the location and place. The brixton map includes many of Brixton’s, well know landmarks and places. This is one of a series of maps I am investigating through drawings and sketches. I draw each location, building up drawings and materials for my final illustrated composition. once the drawings are completed. I like to play with composition of the illustration as a whole with all the drawing scans, to create one final piece.

Crow Floral Pen and Ink Drawing

These wild animal series I have been drawing with fine liner rotring pens. The fine rotring pens create much finer detail and accuracy. The crow drawing started with the outline of the branches which I established as the core branches of the crow, the branches started from bottom of the crow up to its head. The branches I drew the fine detail of the leaves and flowers which crafted the shape and body of the crow. The tail of the crow I dense dense and with different and varied leaves to simulate the look of feathers which look which were inspired by pictures of crows I had collected as reference material for the hand drawn wild crow sketch.

Once all the elements of the illustration were drawn, I scanned the illustrations into Adobe Photoshop. I then layered the artwork and worked on the composition, some of the line work needed to be corrected, however I wanted to retain some level of raw hand drawn feel, and the corrective digital work was kept to a minimum. this is the 2nd wild animal series drawing I have completed.